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Mo*sa"ic, a. Of or pertaining to
the style of work called mosaic; formed by uniting pieces of
different colors; variegated; tessellated; also, composed of various
materials or ingredients.

A very beautiful mosaic pavement.

Florentine mosaic. See under
Florentine. -- Mosaic gold.
(a) See Ormolu. (b)
Stannic sulphide, SnS₂, obtained as a yellow scaly
crystalline powder, and used as a pigment in bronzing and gilding
wood and metal work. It was called by the alchemists aurum
musivum, or aurum mosaicum. Called also bronze
powder. -- Mosaic work. See
Mosaic, n.

Mo*sa"ic, a. [From Moses.]
Of or pertaining to Moses, the leader of the Israelites, or
established through his agency; as, the Mosaic law, rites, or
institutions.

Mo*sa"ic*al (?), a. Mosaic (in
either sense). "A mosaical floor." Sir P.


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